title: Supporting R&D: the role of a professional organisation, Pt 2.
abstract: This second of two articles describes how a professional organisation responded to external developments and tried to co-ordinate its nursing professions' response to research and development activity. For the first time an attempt was made to develop a strategy by eliciting the views of stakeholders. The R&D agenda was examined from the perspective of research, management, education and practice and led to the development of an agreed strategy for the RCN. The suitability of this approach as a mechanism for strategy development and as a lever for change is examined and its potential pertinence to other organisations is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Royal College of Nursing, University of Manchester.
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authors.lastname: McMahon
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authors.lastname: Kitson
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006291:Health Policy; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D006113:United Kingdom